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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006

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TAGS: PFOR, UR, US, CH, XF, YO, BG
SUBJECT: SOVIET PRESS SUMMARY - FEB 18

FOR POLADS

USIA FOR IOP, IBS, IPS, IEU

1. SUMMARY. SOVIET PRESS HIGHLIGHTS:

-NEGATIVE COVERAGE OF THE U.S. INCLUDES BRICKBATS
FOR THE SECRETARY'S LATIN AMERICAN TIP AND CIA CONTROL

OF THE MUNICH RADIOS, AS WELL AS REPETION OF VIETNAMESE AND
LAOTIAN CALL FOR U.S. MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM SOUTEAST
ASIA: BUT SUPPORT FOR DETENTE BY AMERICAN
BUSINESSMEN IS ALSO REPORTED;

-MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON CSCE IMPLEMENTATION CONTINUES
AS SOFINSKIY (HEAD OF MFA PRESS DEPARTMENT) AND ALEX-
ANDROV (PRESIDENT OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCES) ARGUE THAT
SOVIETS ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE WEST (SEPTEL);

PRAVDA CARRIES A LONG ARTICLE ON THE PEACE
MOVEMENT WHICH DEFENDS SOVIETS AGAINST CHARGE THEY ARE
MANIPULATING IT;

-IN LIGHT COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, IZVESTIYA
REPLAYS ELEMENTS OF GROMYKO S LETTER TO WALDHEIM, BUT
ADDS NOTHING NEW;

-CHINA IS ONCE AGAIN MOST PROMINENT ANGOLA
CULPRIT:

— MINIC ACCENTUATES THE POSITIVE DURING AN INTER-
VIEW ON SOVIET- YUGOSLAV BILATERAL RELATIONS;

-BANGLADESH ARRESTS OF GOOD GUYS ARE REPORTED
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BRIEFLY;

-KRASNAYA ZVEZDA CARRIES A LONG ARTICLE BY

LEONT YEV ON THE PACIFIC DOCTRINE (SEPTEL). END SUMMARY.

2. U.S. IZVESTIYA FEB 17 COVERAGE OF THE SECRETARY'S
LATIN AMERICA TRIP IS FAIRLY TOUGH. IT LEADS WITH A

DIG THAT THE TRIP HAS BEEN OFT-POSTPONED, FOLLOWS WITH
THE STATEMENT THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM TO BE DIS-

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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006

CUSSED IS A "DISCIMINATORY" FOREIGN TRADE LAW, AND
PREDICTS A CHILLY RECEPTION FOR THE SECRETARY THROUGH
OUT HIS TRIP. PRAVDA FEB 18 CARRIES A BRIEF TASS REPORT
FROM NEW YORK THAT PROMINENT AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
SUPPORT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF DETENTE AS WELL AS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION. PRAVDA
ALSO CARRIES A TASS REPORT FROM PRAGUE THAT MINARIK
ASSERTS THE CIA WAS BEHIND THE EVENTS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
IN 1968, AND THAT THE CIA IS STILL SUPPORTING THE ACTI-
VITIES OF THE MUNICH-BASED RADIOS.

3. PEACE MOVEMENT. PRAVDA CARRIES A LONG ARTICLE BY

V. SHAPOSHNIKOV, MEMBER OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SOVIET
COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF PEACE. THE GENERAL
THRUST OF SHAPOSHNIKOV'S COMMENTS IS TO PRAISE THE
ACHIEVEMENTS ALREADY ATTAINED BY ' PEACE FORCES ", FIND
A RATIONALE FOR KEEPING GOING IN DETENTE CONDITIONS,

AND REBUTS CHARGES THAT SOVIETS ARE TRYING TO CREATE A
SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH WILL MERELY INTERFERE WITH THE
INDEPENDENCE OF OTHER GROUPS. COMMENT. ALTHOUGH IT CAN
ALSO BE READ AS AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP VAUDEVILLE ALIVE,

PIECE IS INTERESTING AS INDICATION THAT FRONT-GROUP
"AUTONOMY" MAY BE GIVING SOVIETS SOME HEADACHES. END COMMENT.

4. MIDDLE EAST. IZVESTIYA S LEAD EDITORIAL PRESENTS

A RE-RUN OF GROMYKO'S LETTER TO WALDHEIM. BUT DOES NOT
SHED ANY LIGHT ON POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS OF THE SOVIET

POSITION RE THE MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATIONS. CENTRAL PRESS
CARRIES A SMALL REPORT FROM BAGHAD CITING AN IRAQUI
NEWSPAPER CHARGE THAT AMERICAN MILITARY BASES IN OMAN,
BAHREIN, DIEGO GARCIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA
REPRESENT A DIRECT THREAT TO "PROGRESSIVE COUNTRIES"

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OF THIS REGION OF THE WORLD.

5. ANGOLA.CENTRAL PRESS MENTIONS THAT FRANCE AND
LESOTHO RECOGNIZED THE MPLA REGIME. VARIOUS OTHER
STORIES CONCENTRATE THEIR FIRE ON THE PERCEIVED
MACHINATIONS OF THE CHINESE IN ANGOLA, WHILE THE U.S.

ESCAPES RELATIVELY UNBLOODED.

6. CHINA. PRAVDA CARRIES A COMMENTARY BY TASS POLITICAL
OBSERVER YU. KORNILOV PEGGED TO FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO
KUAN-HUA'S RECENT SPEECH TO A ZAIRIAN DELEGATION VISITING
PEKING. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE. CHIAO SHOWED PEKING'S
OPPOSITION TO A LEGAL AFRICAN GOVERNMENT, AND CHINA NOW
FINDS ITSELF STANDING WITH THE RACIST REGIMES OF

AFRICA "AND TWO OR THREE OTHERS." PEKING'S APPROACH HAS

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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006

BOOMERANGED, SAYS KORNILOV, SHOWING THE MAOISTS AGAIN
AS "ENEMIES OF FREE AND INDEPENDENT AFRICA."

7. YUGOSLAVIA. PRAVDA CARRIES EXCERPTS FROM A TASS
INTERVIEW WITH FONMIN MINIC IN WHICH HE ESSENTIALLY
APPLIES A POSITIVE GLOSS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH
THE USSR.

8. BANGLADESH. PRAVDA FEB 16 REPORTS FROM DACCA THAT
SEVERAL "PROGRESSIVES" WERE ARRESTED, AND IN A COMPLAINING
TONE POINTEDLY NOTES THAT ONE WAS A LEADER OF THE USSR
BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP SOVIETY.

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Automatic Decaptioning: X

Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994

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Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Concepts: PRESS SUMMARIES

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Draft Date: 18 FEB 1976

Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960

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Review History: RELEASED <26 FEB 2004 by GarlanWA>; APPROVED <01 JUL 2004 by morefirh>

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Margaret P. Grafeld
Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
04 MAY 2006

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Subject: SOVIET PRESS SUMMARY - FEB 18 FOR POLADS
TAGS: PFOR, UR, US, CH, XF, YO, BG
To: STATE
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Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006